Drumm's capital punishment motion falls on deaf ears Local demands for the re-instatement of capital punishment have been getting louder over the last few days. However, the efforts of one local politician to get Whitby Town Coun- cil to take a stand on the issue met with a wall of silence at its meeting last week. Coun. Joe Drumm (East Ward) tried to in- troduce a motion that called on the newly elec- ted government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to hold a national referendum on the issue. But when he got to his feet to put the motion, Mayor Bob Attersley told Drumm that coun- cil ý doesn't enact resolutions on provin- cial or national issues unless they have a direct bearing on the Town of Whitby. Attersley went on to say that Drumm would have to get council's ap- proval to introduce such a motion since it con- travened the rules of procedure. Not one member of council stepped forward to second Drumm's motion so it died without ever being considered. But before he sat down again, he had a couple of remarks to make. "Well, Nero fiddle while Rome burned," Drumm noted adding that Attersley, as chairman of the Durham Regional Police Commission, at- tended the recent an- nual convention of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police where a resolution calling for the return of capital punishment was unanimously endorsed. "Those gentlemen have said it all Speaking to You By SCOTT FENNELL, MP (PC - Ontario) With the announcement of the ministers for the P.C. government and the gradual re-organization of Parliament, we can look forward to the changes that will be brought about by the P.C. government. You will find that the government will be putting greater emphasis on a new direction for Canada. Our social programs are already in place, but I feel our primary concern in this area will be to at- tend to the difficulties of single parents and sIngle senior citizens, and attempt to have greater assistance given to them. I do believe that some of the present programs do require indepth in- vestigation to ensure that funds are being properly allocated and spent, but of course, this will be a long and very time-consuming process, and eventually the job will get done. Now that we have our constitutional problems behind us, the government can take the time required to look at our economy. I believe that trade will probably be the leading factor in the growth of Canada's economy. We wil find that any growth in our economy wil be accomplished through the use of new manufacturing products and developing facilities, as we can no longer depend upon our natural resources to provide the necessary growth and in turn: employment. I have been asked the cost of all the new programs which the P.C. Party has proposed, but in actual fact, they will pay for themselves. Once these programs are put in place, employment will be created, thereby reducing unemployment and simultaneously reducing the deficit. Hopefully, by the end of four years we will have brought our deficit much closer to balance, in order to stop the increase of . our national debt, which is a direct result of the deficits over the past 13years. On a closing note, I would like to advise everyone that I have recently moved my Ottawa office; therefore, please use the following address if you would like to get in touch with me: Room 534 - N, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0A6. My telephone number has been changed, but my old number will be returned once Bell Canada can make the change, which should hopefully be by the second week of October. properly," he said. "And I'm somewhat disappointed in this council." The issue is also ex- pected to be raised at next week's meeting of Durham Regional Council. Last week, Reg. Coun. Doug Wilson (Oshawa) said that he intends to introduce a motion similiar to Drumm's except that he will call for a free vote in the House of Commons. Like Drumm, Wilson failed to get the support of his local council on capital punishment. The president of the Durham Regional Police Association, which represents local police officers, has also called on the federal government to hold a national referendum on the subject. The association passed the motion at a recent meeting. Dale Allen, association president, stresses that his group doesn't want to see capital punishment returned solely for murder of police of- ficers and prison guar- ds. In a written statement, Allan said that the association "emphasizes that it supports re-instatement of capital punishment in all cases of premediated murder for all citizens of Canada. "It is our sub- mission," he added, "that all persons con- victed of capital murder by virtue of the present criminal code should be subject to capital punishment." During the recent federal election cam- paign, re-elected Progressive Conser- Bridge results The following are the results of last week's play at the Whitby Curling Duplicate Bridge Club as reported by Mrs. Jim Wharrie. North and South: Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stone, 80; AI Leslie and Perry Laurence, 79; Mrs. P.A. Chubb and Mrs. C.E. Stewart, 67; and, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wilson, 63. East and West: Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Win- ter, 73; Joe Arbuthnott and Clyde Cockburn, 67; Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Smyth, 64; and, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wharrie, 63. The results of each week's play at the club are reported in the following issue of the Whitby Free Press. PROPANE. A SUPERIOR FUEL FOR A HOME FULL OF REASONS OPEN SATURDAYS UNTIL 1:00 P.M. 683-1968